The bacteria associated with plant genetic engineering are:

Salmonella and Pseudomonas

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Salmonella typhimurium and Agrobacterium tumefaciens

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Bacillus thuringiensis and Pseudomonas fluorescens

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Rhizobium leguminosarum and Azotobacter agilis

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Solution

The correct options are
B Salmonella typhimurium and Agrobacterium tumefaciens
C Bacillus thuringiensis and Pseudomonas fluorescens
The Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is used as a vector to transfer the desired genes into plants while Bacillus thuringiensis produce compounds which can offer disease resistance to plants. Genes of these compounds are isolated and transferred to plants.

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	I		II
a	Free living aerobic nitrogen fixers	1	Anabaena and Nostoc
b	Anaerobic nitrogen fixers	2	Pseudomonas denitrificans and Thiobacillus denitrificans
c	Nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria	3	Nitrosomonas and Nitrococcus
d	Denitrifying bacteria	4	Azotobacter and Beijerinckia
e	Nitrifying bacteria	5	Rhodospirillum